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OREGON SCOUT. TELEGRAPHIC. COAST CULLINGS. CONGRESSIONAL. t AGRICULTURAL. OREGON NEWS. JONES & CEANCEY, Publishers. UNION. OItK(;N. Tiik New York Assembly has or dered an investigation into the lobby and its methods. Tiik bill for tho eleventh census calls for an appropriation of 90,000, 000. Tub Honnepin Canal steal has been again shelved by a committeo of the House. JFoun thousand Irish emigrants sailed from Queenstown for tho United States in one day last week. Tiik Post-office Appropriation Bill -proposes to devote $00,133,340 to tho support of tho Post-office Department. Tiik New York Senate lias passed a bill to limit the number of liquor li censes to ono to each 300 of popula tion. A. city ticket composed of women for tho Council and a woman for Mayor has been elected at Oskaloosa, Xans. Tiik reduction of the public debt during March amounted to $21,580, 559 C8. Total cash in tho treasury, $586,454,002 06. Tiik gavel used by the presiding of ficers of tho United States Senato has boon in use for over fifty years. It is made out of an elephant's tooth and has no handle, nor it never had one. Tiik Now York Democratic State Convention for the election of dele gates to tho National Convention will to hold in this city on Tuesday, May 15th. A Dili, has been introduced in the United States Senato to remove tho prohibition against tho appointment of ox-Confederates to positions in the Tegular army. Tiik four bust advertised men in America to-day, and without tho ex penditure of a cent on thoir part, aro Jtobcrt G. Ingorsoll, Chauncoy M. Dopow, Father McGlynn and Itoscoo Con Ming, Somk experiments have been placed on record (says tho London lilectri tan), in which a numbor of eggs were hatched out in a magnetic field, with tho result that tho chickens were all more or loss deformed blind, deaf or lamo. Much of the so-called ivory now in two is simply potato. A good, sound potato washed in diluted sulphuiic acid, then boiled in tho samo solution, and then slowly dried, is already to be turned into buttons, poker chips and innumerable othor things that ivory was used for once upon a timo. Tiik saloon has ovidontly lost its grip in Philadelphia. Tho judges of tho Liconso Court, acting under tho new law, aro manifesting tho most contemptuous indifference to tho in terests of Uio liquor-selling tribe, and com actually to relish tho opportunity to smite tho business hip and thigh. "Wim.ic England is contemplating a -monument to Kaleigh, France has do Hsidod on ono for Parmontior. It would be hard to suggest tho names of two men who had less in common ; but each in his own country will bo recog nised as tho introducer of tho potato. Parmen tier's is a clearer title than 3laloigh's. A Iln.i, introduced by Senator Mop rill, how before both Houses of Con gress, confers upon tho director of tho mint, with tho approval of tho secre tary of tho treasury, tho power "to cause new designs or models of au thorized omblems or devices to bo pro- pared and adopted" for uso in tho ooinngo of tho country. This is an admirable measure. At Wath, in Yorkshire, six dozon hot cross buns aro thrown from tho top of tho towor of tho parish church at noon on Good Friday, in accordance -with tho will of Thomas Tuko. At ono time forty dozon used to bo thrown but tho crowd used to creato a riot in the church yard, and it wad at length decreed to distribute thirty-four dozen woro sensibly at tho church door. A mlnlstor at Kalamazoo, Mioh., preached eight weeks and got eighty three cents over and above expenses for tiiat porlod. -Iu tlio col logo and schools in con nection with the Froo Church of Soot land Mission at Madras there are about eighteen hundred studonts. Tlio Madras Presidency contains by far the largest Christian population In all India, tho actual number of native Christians, including ltouinn Catholics, amounting to 700,000. This shows that out of every 1,000 of tho population 23 are native ChrUtiaus. Krents Now Interest Hoscoe Conkling died at hip home in Now York after a short illness. McDowell Crawford, colored, was shot and killod by an unknown person at a point two miles from Nolensville, Tenn. An explosion occurred in the St. Helen colliery, at Workington, Eng land. Seventeen persons wero killed and several injured fatally. The body of a Chinaman was found hanging to a tree about threo miles from New Westminster, B. C. An in quest was held and a verdict of sui cide was returned. Thomas M. Kennedy, a wealthy cattle dealer, of Ilownsville, Texan, was killed by Sheriff Jose Marie En parza, a wealthy Mexican near Ferry Landing, Texas. At Jennear, La., in a dispute at the polls Nicholas Provost was shot dead, and Iub brother L. P. Provost, was mortnlly wounded. The trouble is said to have arisen from a family feud. Carrie Boiswenger, while scrubbing at Wheeling, W. Va., ran a big splin ter under her thumb-nail. A physi cian removed it, but tlio arm swelled badly, and lrtck-jaw set in, and it is said the girl cannot live. Tho Western nail manufacturers met at Pittsburg, Penu., and fixed the basis of a scale of prices. Tho scalo slightly advances nails between ten and twenty penny, and will reduce those under ten-penny. The jail at Friars Point, Tenn., was burned, and five prisoners perished in tho flames. An effort was made to rescuo them, but without success. The jail is supposed to have been fired by one of tho inmates who was under sentence to tho penitentiary. Tho assembly at Albany, N. Y., passed a bill providing for tho execu tion of tho death penalty by means of elcotncity. llns is tlio bill recom mended uy uio commission, it pro hibits newspapers from publishing de tails of executions. Whilo two. Indian policemen at tempted to arrest Sacate, an Apache Indian, and Ins son, at Los Ciuces, N ai., who wero urtinic and causing trouble in camp, a tight onsued m which ono of tlio policemen wero killed. Sacate's son was fatally and threo wo men wore soverely injured by stray shots. Chester Draper shot and killed by at Salt Lake City. was accidentally Percy Candaland, whilo a party of which Draper was ono wore serenading a newly married couple, friends of Candaland. Tho latter fired the shots as a practical joke, to frighten tho ser- cuaders. Tho marines and bluo jackets of the North Atlantic squadron, participated in a sham battle, at Ponsacola, Fla. Fivo bluo jackets and a marine wero wounded. It is supposed the material in tho cono of a shell had hardened, and tore off, tho motal cono wounding tho men. Two notorious criminals wero cap tured at Billings, Mont., having in their possession fifty-oight head of horses, bearing thirteen well-known Nevada brands. One of tho men has been recognized as Teton, tho noted horsothicf and murderer, for whoso capture there aro rewards aggregating $6,000, in Nevada and Idaho. Tho rosidonco of 1). A. Hoffman, a farmer near Oak Kidgo, Mo., was burned and three of his children were consumed. Threo other children were so badly burned that it is expected they will die, and Hoffman was so soriously injured that he died. It is thought Hoffman became suddenly insane, and fired his house himsolf. Frankie, tho little daughtor of Uob ert Pell, of Paducah, Ky., was burned to death. She was playing with her brother around a lire in the yard dur ing tho absoneo of her parents. Her clothing ignited and was totally burned from horbody. She survived but a couple of hours. Edwnrd Cossar, a colored man of St. Louis, possessed of considerable wealth, returned to his homo unex pectedly, and found Hov. Sidney Hib ler, pastor of tho Methodist church and principal of tho school, at his homo. Not being satisfied with his ex planation, ho shot him in the head' killing him instantly. A family named Lathrope, com prising the fathur, mother and threo children, were drowned on Upper Wolf river, Wis. They lived in a shanty near the bank of tho stream, and though they had been warned to leave their dangerous abodo, they neglooted to do so, and the Hoods swept the building and occupant down. urnn cjieere, a larmor, living near the village of Lisbon, N. II., while sit ting in his dining-room reading a paper, in company with his family, was killed by an unknown assassin, who literally blew the top of his head off. A load of buckshot was fired through a window four foot away. No reason is assigned for the crime. Tho entire country is hunting tho mur derer. As fivo section men woro passing the Codings White Sand Company's works in a hand car, on tho St. lxmis, Kan Has City tt Colorado road, near La Bodio, Mo., a blast exploded, blowing an immense rock upon tho hand car. All of tho men woro fatally hurt. Their names are Harry McCowan, Thomas Bemmnr, Smith Dougherty, Clark Pat ton and Ed. Shepherd. Three of thorn died. i Aii Epitome of the Attracting Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California. A. Treffell, who was badly burned in the fire at Boil ie, died. A postoflico has been established at Mctlakahtla, Alaska, and William Duncan was appointed postmaster. John B. Bennett has been appointed postmaster at Kent, King county, Washington territory, in place of W. II. Morton, who has resigned. Charles John Zimmerman, engineer in the railroad yards at Nogales, A. T., was shot and instantly killed on the street by John Sherman. Abraham Winn, was killed in a shaft at Colusa, M. T. being knocked out of the cage by striking tho wall in ascending. Wm. Defrney was struck by a large piece of rock falling from ovorhead in the 300-foot levol in tho west Colusa mine, M. T., and it is doubtful if he re covers. Another car load of colored immi grants arrived from Charlotte, N. C , at Fresno, to work in tho vineyards. Another installment will follow the 10th of next month. William Snead, postmaster at Seatco, Thurston county, Washington territory, has been removed, and S. M. Blumaer appointed postmaster in his place. E. O. Bagge, a native of Schleswig, Holstein, and professor of music, shot himself in the head at Los Angeles, dying soon after. Despondency was the cause. Hi James, wanted at Stockton, Cal., for the murder of Lem Dougherty at Lodi a year ago, has been captured at Hailoy, Idaho. James shot at a gam bler, and killed Dougherty, a by stander. Marshal Meade, who arrested and convicted Smart and Green, tho train robbers, at Tucson, Ariz., has been awardod $-1,000 by the Southern Paci-' fic Company. j Sydney March, who was'killed by at runaway horse at tho blooded horso races in San Fsancisco, was a rosideut of Portland somoyears ago, where ho was ongagod in tho dry goods busi ness. A railroad laborer named Joseph Davis, was killed near Pomna, Cal., by a Southern Pacific train running through an open switch and striking i hand-car. A number of others had a narrow escape. Arents Hendricks, 6 years of age, was probably fatally burned at Oro villc, Cal. Whilo playing with matches his clothes caught fire and burned the lower part of his body so that the flesh c.nno off in pieces. Tho postoflice and store at Wash ougal, W. T., kopt by Geary & Herzig, was entered by a 13 year-old boy named Chris Goebel, and robbed. Tho boy stole a sum of money, a quantity of postago stamps, cutlery and other small shelf goods. Myers's salmon cannery at West Seattle, W. T., on tho other side of the harbor, caught fire and burned to the ground. Tho less is about $15,000. The seines, tin, boiler, engines and other cannery equipments woro in sured for $810. Michaol Morris, a german tailor, 28 years of age, who recently escaped from tho Territorial asylum at Steila coom, and has spent tho past few days wandering aimlessly about the court houso and county jail, was adjudged insane and taken to Salem. Louis Schwartz, 3-yoar-old son of Simon Schwartz, a merchant of San Francisco, was run over by a truck on Folsom Btreet and instantly killod. D. Stevens, tho driver of tho truck, sur rendered to tho police and was charged with manslaughter. A reporter named Bruce Douglas, attempted to commit suicide at Los Angeles. Ho shot himself through tho shoulder, after a strugglo with an other reporter who tried to prevent tho deed. Douglas claims to bo tho last living descendent of the Earl of Doug las. At tho coroner's inquest in tho caso of John Mofsutt, tho Maltese chicken peddler who was murdered in his room at San Francisco, the jury found that in thoir opinion deceased came to his death by blows from a hatchet or an ax in the Hands ot Julian i'.irtelli, his partner. An old pioneer named John Barton was found dead at Downieville, Cal. His chest was entirely gone, and the contents of the cavity wero blown away. Ho waf mining alone, and it is supposed committed suicido by plac ing a cartridge of giant powder on his breast. Tho board of directors of tho San Francisco Creamation Company, hold a meeting. A committee was iij- pointed, witii hill powor to act m re gard to tho building of a ereamatory and furnace. Tho sum of $2,000 was appropriated for that purioso, and a furnaco will bo erected on a lot which was purchased somo timo ago by the company for $1,000. Tho contracts for tho now refinery buildings which Clans Spreckols, tho California sugar king, is to put up in Philadelphia, has been awarded. Thoy will cost about $1,500,000, without tho machinery, and from 700 to 1,000 hands will bo employed. Mr. Spreckels's great enterprise is expected to result in a direct increase in the commerce of tho port of Philadelphia of $-10,000,000, and an indirect in crease of about $100,000,000. Im porters declare that the erection of tho refinery means tho arrival at that port of fully 500 additional vessels during each year, which would bo about a third of the present foreign tonnage. Legislation Pertaining to the Interest of the Pacific Coast NKNATK. Sonator Mitchollintroduced a bill, making it unlawful for the postmasler general to annul a contract which had been made for carrying mail until the contract had expired, unless the sor - vice is to be expedited in different manner from that provided under con tract. The senate committeo on foreign re lations decided by a party vote, to re port the fisheries treaty adversely. MayorvPond will appear before the house committee on public lands to present the case of the wagon road 111 WlVkWlll Teller reported back the house bill to give validity to certain patents for inventions that were irregularly issued, being signed by the second assistant secretary of the interior, instead of the secretary himself ; passed. Butler reported back tho house bill to ratify and confirm an act sf the Nfcw Mexico legislature creating tho county of San Juan ; passed, with an amendment declaiiug Aztec the county seat. The total number of bills and reso - Unions introduced in the senate and house is 12,568. So far the house has passed 425 bills, and the senato 831, and 185 house bill- and 21 senate bill been sent to the president for his ap proval. IIOUMK. The bill to creato boards of arbitra tion for settlement of controversies and differences between inter-state com merce carriers and their employes was considered in committeo of the wholo. An amendment was adopted appro priating $20,000 for educating Indian pupils in Alaska. An amendment was adopted strik ing out the provision for an inspector of Indian schools, and providing for a superintendent of Indian schools. Hermann has been notified by Postmaster-General Dickinson that the mail service between Vale and Burns, Or., has been increased. The house committee, on judiciary decided to report favorably tho copy right bill introduced by Breckenridgo. Hermann urged tho Secretary of tho Interior to direct his agents, dur ing the coming summer, to exercise careful watch to prevent forest fires next summer in Oregon and elsewhere. Belmont introduced a bill to pro- hibit the coming of Chinese laborers lt tliii I I 1 f f w I V.( il I rill F imva I I to ... W....W. UklCo, ilD muni provisions are similar u wiose contained in the new treaty. Tli6 conference report upon the bill authorizing the President to arrange a conference between tho United States and South and Central Ameri can republics, Hayti, San Domingo and the empire of Brazil, was agreed to. Tho bill to establish a department of labor was passed. Bain, of Pennsylvania, offered an amendment providing that in Indian day and training schools that are church organizations, and are assist ing in educational work, the Christian biblo may be taught in tho native lan guage of tho Indian, if, in the opinion of the persons in charge of tho school, it is deemed conductive to the moral welfare of tho pupils; adopted. A bill general in its character, for feiting all lands opposite railroad lines not completed within tho timo speci fied by law, was agreed to by tho houso committee on Pacific railroads. Tho Indian and jKiiision appropria tion bills passed the house. POKTliAM) FltOOUCK 31 A Kit KT. BUTTF.K Fancy roll, lb 40 Oregon Inferior grado Pickled California roll do pickled Cukksk Eastern, full cream Ort'Kon, do California Egos Fresh DlUUD FltOITS Apples, qrs, sks and bxs. . . do California Apricots, now crop Peaches, unneelen, now ... Pears, machine dried Pitted cherries Pitted plums, Oregon FluS Cal., in bRS and bxs.. Cal. Prunes, French Oregon prunes 15 25 ! 18 :w :iJ I B 85 j 10 20 , U (3 10 , 14A Qt 20 0 a 18 28 12404. 14 10 40 124 0 8 C4 10 10 12 r LOUH Portland Pat. Roller, tfhb) 8 4 00 Salem do do 4 00 White Lily bbl 4 5 Country brand 3 60 8 76 Siiperilno 2 t0 a 75 Grain Wheat, Valley, t 100 lbs... 1 22J 1 25 do Walla Walla 1 15 1 Irt O&rley, whole, fc ell I 12) do ground, f ton zu uu uu Oate, choice mill inn bush 47 50 do feed.KOod to choice, old 40 (as 47 ye, F 100 tt 1 10 1 25 Fkkiv Bran,? ton 10 00 17 00 Shorts, ? urn 18 U0 ID 00 Hay, V ton, baled (18 00 Chop, ton 23 00 25 00 Oil c&ke meal ton 82 00 83 0C Fiiksu Knurrs Apples, Oregon, box 1 25 1 60 Cherries, Oregon, fdrm... Lemons, California, tfbx.. 4 00 4 50 Limes. 100 1 25 Kivertdde oranges, box. , , Los Angeles, do do . , . Peaches, box (9 Hide Dry, over 10 !Ns, V Xt U Wet salted, over 65 lbs W Murrain hides 7 M Pelta 10 & Vkoktaiilks Cabbage, Fit. Carrots, $ sack , 12 6 1 25 21 1 CO Cauliflower, doc Onions 1 10 Potatoes, new, 1C0 lb . . 76 Wool - East Oregon, Spring clip. , 14 In Vttll.w Orcgou, do .. 10 Q 13 Devoted to the Interests of Fanners and Stockmen. Tho Valuable Kurm Croix. C. E. Cole, writing from Buckner, Mo., says : I give you my experience with two of the mout valuable farm i plants I have ever known. First, the , mammoth Ilussian sun flower, which has proved to be a positive preventive of malaria, also a quick cure for colic or founder in horses by drenching with strong tea made by mashing the seeds. It is also the beet egg and butter pro ducing food for fowls and cows, and very fattening for horses fed in small 4ululul,t;a ") urviuiii(; up wiu iicwm !!.. I... 1 1.! it... 1. I "I"'? . 7 " 11 1 ... . I f 1 1UU UUOUC13 ilUi tJ UU illl tllivij (ler fctalke, 2 to 2 inches thick and 7 to u eet long- Theac mako an enormoU8 quantity of good kindling i and etove wood Seed heil(Ie lire 12 , 18 inclies ftCr0B8 which wilh the Beetl j in them make fuel equal to co:ll or j wood on account of there being 30 or 1 40 per cent of rich oil in them. j In planting put one teed 3x3 feet, j in all climates and latitudes, and time from early spring to the first of July, if people of the Northwest, where ; blizzards prevail, would plant only an I acre, they will have enough stalks and seed to warm them a whole year. It stands drouth splendidly. I would as soon miss a crop of corn as it. Second I send a small package of the wonderful prolific flour corn that is as white as snow and makes flour equal to wheatand the best roasting ears known. Each grain, by shoot ing, produces from three to six stalks, from one to three ears and four times more and better stock-fodder than other corn, as the stalks are soft and as sweet as sugar, which causes stock to eat it, stalk and all, clean after it is cured. It is good for canning. My little patch last year made at the rate of 141 bushels per acre, notwithstand ing drouth and chinch bugs. It does well north or south. I send you a small package of each. If you will split tho grain open you will hnd a solid mass of flour itself. will send a trial packago of each to those who send mejstamps for mailing The sunflower makes fuel hero and saved many lives in Kansas last win ter. In crowing the com, don't pull off the suckers. I have seen twelve good ears and eight stalks from one hill. Oregonian. Peafowl utter loud cries before storm, and sulect a low perch. len acres well tilled is sufficient to - BU t ft fnmil and when Ulis fnct . - - .... ,s fully demonstrated and fully appro :,,,,! ,ho nllmhGr of fllrms w:il i, doubled and tho yield will beinsreased in still greater ratio. Oats are one of the best crops that can be grown on a small farm. Sow early, and if possible the ground should bo plowed in the fall. Thoy make an excollont summor feed, cut and mixed with meal or bran. juany nan naray plants, wincn arc left in tho ground and are destroyed by the severity of our winters, might be savod by covering the plant with a fairly deep coating of ashes, which may be raked over the soil and dug in when spring comes. Wood ashes also form an excellent manure for plants, and spread over lawns produce beneficial effects. In dressing a lawn with ashes it is best done when wet- weather is likely to follow. After being spread on the lawn ought to be rolled. The result will be a strong, close growth of fresh grass for the ensuing season. uy tying a small corn coo to one leg, allowing it to dangle at a distance of alout six inches, a Main poultry fancier is said to succeed in keeping her chickens at home. The fowl can scratch and get about with ease, but will not attempt to fly over palings or squeeze through a crack. California stage proprietors are said to io:iK an tno woou-worK ot wagons and vehicles in oil before putting the parts together. Tho oil used is crude potroloum. If tho wood work cannot bo soaked an application on tho out side, using a brush, once in eight weeks is excellent. Tho method i6 said to prevent tho wood from swelling or shrinking, am! saves much valuable time, as there is less repairing. The report of Col. Switzler, chief of tho bureau of statistics on wool and manufactures of wool, is ready for dis tribution. The report shows that tho number of sheep in tho United States increased from 19,000,000 in 1840 to Sl.OOO.OOO in 188-1, but declined to 45,000,000 in 1887. This marked de cline occurred mainly in the Southern and Western States, and is atttibutcd to tho decline in the price of wool since 1884. An advocate of corn-fed pork ad mits that the hog fed miscellaneously has the sweetest and tenderest meat, and if taste be a criterion in pork, as it is reckoned to bo m every thing else that is eatnblo, tho fruit-fed and milk-fed pork is certainly best. But he adds that if greater firmness be de sired it may be had bv finishing off the last few weeks of fattening by foeding corn meal, not corn in tho ear. Minnesota and Dakota, with 01f,000 peoplo in 1880, and, crhaps, 1,600, 000 now, produced more wheat last yoar than Great Britain and Ireland with 35,000,000 people. The British islands compriso about 121,000 npiaro miles, and devoto to wheat growing only 2,400,000 acros, alout one acre for 15 inhabitants. Minnesota and Dakota have about 0,000,000 acros of wheal, or about four acres for every inhabitant, and with a good yield could easily soil for export as much as Gie.it Brtain and Inland produce Everything of General Interest in a Condensed Form. The music of the hummer""nnd saw is heard daily at McMinnvillc. The Dalles jail hits but one occu pant. Chinese pheasants are very numer ous around Airlie. Charles Nilleon, a sailor, from For farshire, died in the Astoria hospital of consumption. Wm. Colman, formerly mate on coasting vessels, died at St. Mary's hospital, Astoria. Mrs. Sarah Wrilson, of Scio, was taken to the insane asylum, having been declared insane by a board of medical examiners. The schooner Wm. F. Witzermann, while trying to sail out, heavily lum ber laden, took sand at Smith's point,, near Astoria, and is atill ashore. Gov. Pennoyor has appointed Wm. F. Muir, of Portland ; O. F. Bell, of Union; D. W. C. Nelson, of North Powder, and J. M. Brown, of Silverton,. notaries public. At Albany, Claude Vuuk, little sou of It. B. Vunk, while playing at school was accidentally struck in the face with a ball bat, inflicting very severe injuries. Miss Ida Turner was very seriously hurt by being tin own from a horse at Sumner, her head striking on a log. The breaking of the saddle cinch was tho cause of the accident. A. Glausen, a painter, of Portland,, was arrested for permitting a vicious dog to run at large. His dog bit a little doughter of John Schmidt, who made the complaint against Glausen. The Blagen Tanning Company baa filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Incorporators, N. J. Blagen, Geo. Medgeley and Wm. J Miller; location, Eugene City; capi tal stock, $6,000. Mrs. Rosetta Parker was reported to be in a dying condition at the home of her son', near Turner station, Marion county. She was tho widow of the late Hon. Samuel Parker, and one of the old pioneers of the State. Her husband died about eighteen months ago. Messrs. Pacquet & Smith, have two large and one small scows and a force of men are raising the sunken steamer Bentley, below Lincoln. Tho stern of tho boat has been raised and pumped out, and the seam in her bottom tem porarily patched. She will be taken to Oregon City and placed in the dry dock for permanent repairs. A freight train collided with a switch engine on the curve entering Albina. The freight was coming with consider able momentum and the switch was moving slowly. When the engineer of the freight saw the switch he tried to stop his train, but was unable to do so until his engine was on the switch. There was not much damage to either engine, only the wood work being torn off. Dr. C. W. Jeffrey, veterinary sur geon, was attacked by two footpads on State Btreet, Salem, knocked senseless, and robbed of $1,475, of which $300 was money and the remainder drafts. The doctor had just returned from Eastern Oregon, where ho had received a large amount of money. Ho also received several hundred dollars from parties in Portland, and he thinks, some toughs saw him there and fol lowed him to Salem on the evening train. There is no clue to the robbers. Walter Foss, the boy who drives the "hill" horse on tho First street car line in Portland, met with a serious accident. His work for the day being finished, he undertook to jump on the front platform of a car in motion, near Jefferson, but lie lost his hold and fell to the ground, one foot lying on tho rail. The driver applied the brakes, but not before both wheels had passed over tho foot. Tho lad was conveyed to the rosidence of his father George Foss, corner Front and Clay. It is thought amputation will be neces sary. A new and i n to re.it inir nnccdnto of Daniel Webster is told bv a corre spondent of the Magazine of American Ihalory. 'Jim mght after Webster lost tho nomination for President 1m w:w serenaded by .some friends in Wash ington, lor a timo there was no sim of life about the house, but finally a. second-story window was raised and Webster appeared in his night clothes. Ho rested his hands on tho window sill. and after tho eheerin;; ceased, spoke in a clear, sad tone. His closing words were these: "Boys, 1 am glad to see you; but this is tho last time you will hear my voice. I am going to my homo, and 1 feol that 1 am going to my homo to die." A few months later ho died at his homo inMarshtiold. August Manuel, tho French nov elist and dramatist who died recently. was a partner of tlio oiiirinal " house of Dumas & Co.," and wrote consid erable parts of somo of tho novels which gave Alexandre tho Groat his reputation. Among these are "Monte Cristo." "Los Trois .Vousqiiotnlrcs," "a Yironite do Brageloiino" and others less famous, of which Dumas, their ostensible author, used to say, when asked questions concerning: them: "I hear thoy aro interesting, but I haven't read them yet." Tim cost of compiling and publish ing tho reports of tho Challenger ex peditlon, tho last throe volumes of which are about to be issued, ha already exceeded 51,000,000. In Northern Alaska tlio sun shinof only four hours out of tho twonty-fom l.i winter, and tho Alaskans ought to be duly thankful. Baso ball clubs can only piaj wne game a day.